Yakov Stroganov

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relationship to Stroganov family

In 1566 Yakov Stroganov petitioned Ivan IV to include the Stroganov estates in the oprichnina—i.e., in the crown land administered under the personal control of the tsar. This request was granted in August 1566. A new grant of land in 1568 considerably increased their estates.